Killington 11/20

[Geoff]

I guess I'll kick this one off since I was the first off the hill. I have a few things I have to get done this afternoon.

The high points:
The AZ crew all turns at twice my cadence and they all ski about 25% faster than I do.

Mouse Trap was by far the best snow on the hill. It was getting bumped up by the time I left at 1:00.

Downdraft headwall skied better than yesterday. It had enough traffic to break up some of the wet gun slick spots. It's still not to be confused with chalky talcum powder.

Everything else was flat & fast. The surface was nice at 9:00 since they'd tilled some air into the base snow. Like always, it degraded in a few hours.

In a day or two, there is going to be a lot more terrain open. Superstar quad with two ways down. Highline should be ready soon. The Snowdon lifts should be spinning soon and lower Chute looks plenty good to ski now.

 

[Greg]

The high points:
The AZ crew all turns at twice my cadence and they all ski about 25% faster than I do.

Ha ha! :lol: Not the group of gapers all the big mouths on K-zone claim we are, huh?

Sounds like much better skiing today. Sweet. tomorrow should be great. Hopefully an ungroomed Highline will come on board and maybe the run on Skye. See you tomorrow Geoff!

 

[bvibert]

Sounds encouraging for tomorrow. Can't wait!

Thanks for the TR.

 

[thetrailboss]

Who from AZ was there?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Ha ha! :lol: Not the group of gapers all the big mouths on K-zone claim we are, huh?
!

Probably because Pennsylvania was in the house with Moe and his friend Fred..lol..you'll get to meet them tomorrow..

 

[Greg]

Who from AZ was there?

[post="348918"]Click.[/post] 2knees and powbmps are probably somewhere in the top 3 as far as mad bump skill goes on this board; at least out of those that I've skied with. I think powbmp's buddy Mike was going too and he's also a major ripper. The rest of that crew that I know are pretty talented skiers as well.

The [post="350020"]junior varsity crew[/post] heads out tomorrow... :lol: :razz:

 

[downhill04]

[post="348918"]Click.[/post] 2knees and powbmps are probably somewhere in the top 3 as far as mad bump skill goes on this board; at least out of those that I've skied with. I think powbmp's buddy Mike was going too and he's also a major ripper. The rest of that crew that I know are pretty talented skiers as well.

The [post="350020"]junior varsity crew[/post] heads out tomorrow... :lol: :razz:

When does the JV team get the chase for a ski off Vs the Varsity squad? :lol:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The [post="350020"]junior varsity crew[/post] heads out tomorrow... :lol: :razz:

The JV crew puts out the best TRs..

 

[dawn-ski]

Thanks for the snow report,looking forward to Saturday!

 

[powhunter]

Met up with 2knees, powbumps, powbumps friend, mondeo,awf, marc,skibum,and grassi Totally agree with Geof...Conditions were pretty good by 2:30 some pretty good powder bumps on Mousetrap. Visibility kinda sucked with the guns going but It was the ROTD!!

Hopefully more will open tomorrow..They had the snowdon lift running knocking off ice...Anyways Im spent...gonna have a few pints Cant wait to ski with the rest of ya guys tomorrow

steve

 

[Puck it]

[post="348918"]Click.[/post] 2knees and powbmps are probably somewhere in the top 3 as far as mad bump skill goes on this board; at least out of those that I've skied with. I think powbmp's buddy Mike was going too and he's also a major ripper. The rest of that crew that I know are pretty talented skiers as well.

The [post="350020"]junior varsity crew[/post] heads out tomorrow... :lol: :razz:

I need to ski with all of you sometime.

 

[2knees]

good crew today. skiing was a bit ho-hum but mousetrap was super nice. some big bumps formed after lunch and they proceeded to eat my lunch on two straight runs.

nice seeing everyone again, i'll have the video up at some point. Chris, i never managed to get your craziness on downdraft on film. i have partial footage of the first "huck". pissed i missed that.

 

[awf170]

nice seeing everyone again, i'll have the video up at some point. Chris, i never managed to get your craziness on downdraft on film. i have partial footage of the first "huck". pissed i missed that.

Yeah, that was quite retarded.

For anyone that wasn't there today. I looked at this line/drop a few time and couldn't even come close to convincing myself to do it. So yeah, it was pretty sketchy.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Yeah, that was quite retarded.

For anyone that wasn't there today. I looked at this line/drop a few time and couldn't even come close to convincing myself to do it. So yeah, it was pretty sketchy.

Pictures or it didn't happen!!!!...I love east coast sketch..JEA!!!!! Where is Moe Gohl?? I know he has a Crackberry..

 

[mondeo]

Yeah, that was quite retarded.

For anyone that wasn't there today. I looked at this line/drop a few time and couldn't even come close to convincing myself to do it. So yeah, it was pretty sketchy.

To be fair, though, he wasn't one of the people who poached Royal Flush.

 

[Grassi21]

great skiing with some old AZ acquaintances and great to meet some new peeps. great 1st day for me. besides lower k27 at hunter, downdraft was the steepest trail i have been on. i am glad didn't look up at downdraft until i skied it a few times.

my legs are cooked. i went back out to the jeep to get my skis and was hobbling down the front walk of my house.

 

[awf170]

To be fair, though, he wasn't one of the people who poached Royal Flush.

We actually left Royal Flush, and took Racers Edge to Highline. Marc then proceeded to wreck right in front of one of the snowmakers. The first 5 or so turns on Royal Flush were very nice though.

great skiing with some old AZ acquaintances and great to meet some new peeps. great 1st day for me. besides lower k27 at hunter, downdraft was the steepest trail i have been on. i am glad didn't look up at downdraft until i skied it a few times.

my legs are cooked. i went back out to the jeep to get my skis and was hobbling down the front walk of my house.

And it was quite firm to add to that.

BTW, Grassi was a trooper today. He was basically on my tail the whole day. I would think that he would be a decent amount back, and I would look and he would be right there.


PPS: I shared a chair with Highway Star. OMG!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

PPS: I shared a chair with Highway Star. OMG!

That's almost as cool as when I shared a chair with Boston Bob at Stowe..Highway Star is a legend..

 

[Grassi21]

We actually left Royal Flush, and took Racers Edge to Highline. Marc then proceeded to wreck right in front of one of the snowmakers. The first 5 or so turns on Royal Flush were very nice though.



And it was quite firm to add to that.

BTW, Grassi was a trooper today. He was basically on my tail the whole day. I would think that he would be a decent amount back, and I would look and he would be right there.


PPS: I shared a chair with Highway Star. OMG!

Thanks Austin. Next time we ski together the canned food is on me.

 

[powbmps]

Poaching Royal Flush with 1" of natural snow, now that's retarded!

Interesting day. I was verbally assaulted by a Powdr zealot on the first gondola ride and managed to f**k my thumb up on the way down. Still had a fun day meeting some more AZ skiers.

Looking forward to future gatherings with more favorable conditions.